Łowkowice, Kluczbork County

See also: Łowkowice, Krapkowice County

Łowkowice [wɔfkɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in Kluczbork County in Opole Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Kluczbork and 47 km (29 mi) north-east of the regional capital Opole.

Łowkowice
Village
Łowkowice
Coordinates: 51°2′12″N 18°14′40″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
County	Kluczbork
Gmina	Kluczbork
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	+48 77
Car plates	OKL

History

While part of the Prussian Province of Silesia as Lowkowitz, the village was the place of birth and death of the Polish apiarist Jan Dzierżon (1811–1906), the discoverer of parthenogenesis among bees.

In 1936, Nazi Germany renamed the village Bienendorf (German for "Bee Village") and kept the name until 1945. After Germany's defeat in World War II in 1945, the town was part of the region that became part of Poland under the terms of the Potsdam Agreement. It was then renamed to the traditional Polish name Łowkowice. Poland renamed the nearby town of Rychbach Dzierżoniów in Dzierżon's honor.